Overpass to be demolished
26/10/2004 16:03
Shanghai Daily News
The Tilanqiao Pedestrian Overpass, a signature square-shaped construction in
Hongkou District built in the early 1980s, will be demolished by the end of next
month as a part of a face-lift of the northern Bund. Preliminary plans call
for the area around the overpass to give way to either a large public park or
modern office buildings over the next few years, officials said. "We will
start to dismantle the bridge later this month and the entire project will last
for one month," Wang Zhonghai, an official with the construction and management
commission of Hongkou District, said yesterday. He said the overpass will
mainly be pulled down at night to avoid disturbing local residents and traffic
any more than necessary. The overpass is located where Daming Road E., Haimen
Road and Huoshan Road form an irregular K-shaped intersection. Currently,
there are no pedestrian crossing signals set up on the intersection. Officials
said they will install eight pedestrian traffic lights around the intersection
once the overpass is removed. The city government plans to turn a 300-hectare
section of the northern Bund - enclosed by Zhoujiazui Road and Haining Road -
into four zones including a historic area, a comprehensive business zone, a
residential area, and a site for the World Exposition in 2010.
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